Cheese stolen in Germantown located in Milwaukee

About $70,000 worth of cheese that was stolen from a Germantown trucking company has been located in Milwaukee, police said Monday.

However, no arrests have been made in connection with the theft, according to a post on the Germantown Police Department Facebook page.

A 54-foot long trailer containing about $70,000 worth of cheese was stolen shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday from D&G Transportation, N118W18574 Bunsen Drive, according to Germantown police.

A semi-tractor used to steal the trailer was recovered later Friday and the empty trailer was also found about 10 a.m. Friday in the Milwaukee area, police said.

It was not clear where in Milwaukee the cheese was found.

In 2013, about 42,000 pounds of Wisconsin Muenster cheese manufactured by K & K / Old Country Cheese Factory and worth about $200,000 was stolen from Pasture Pride Cheese in Cashton.

In that case, Veniamin Balika, 34, of Plainfield, Ill., was caught driving a 18-wheeler at the Vince Lombardi Service Area off the New Jersey State Turnpike.

Balika allegedly used false paperwork to trick a distributor in Cashton, Wis., into loading his truck with the massive cheese shipment, originally intended for a Texas destination, according to a Time magazine article.

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